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Gender and Water Alliance
Progress Report 2010
The final year of Phase II 2010
Consolidation of achievements of five years and Building the continuation of GWA
DGIS Activity number 12535/DMW0058266
Dieren April 2011
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CONTENTS Acronyms 1. Introduction 2. Five Outputs, the outcome and impact
2.1 Output 1: Network of GWA and regionalisation The network Regionalisation GWA Websites and listserves Steering Committee meeting
2.2. Output 2: Knowledge and Information 2.3 Output 3: Capacity Building
Various Capacity Building Training material Capacity Building with UN-Habitat Partnership
2.4 Output 4: National Water-related policies Various Advocacy Activities Mainstreaming gender in National Water Policies
2.5 Output 5: International events Steering Committee activities and international travel Staff Secretariat activities and Travel Travelling Exhibit with IW-Learn Events
3. Donor relations 4. Partnerships 5. The GWA Secretariat
Staff and division of work Office
6. Elections for the Steering Committee. 7. Finance
ANNEX I Membership Report 31 December 2010
ANNEX II Website Statistics GWA per 31 December 2010
ANNEX III Proposals
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ACRONYMS AECID Agencia Española de Cooperación International para el Desarrollo AIT Asian Institute of Technology AMCOW African Ministers’ Council of Water BPD Building Partnerships for Development CA Cooperative Agreement CA Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Cap-Net International Network for Capacity Building in Integrated Water Resources Management. CIDIN the Netherlands Centre for International Development Issues DFID Department for International Development DGA General Directorate of Water (Chile) DGIS Directoraat Generaal Internationale Samenwerking DRC Democratic Republic of Congo ED Executive Director ES Executive Secretary FANCA Freshwater Action Network Central America FCM Federation of Canadian Municipalities FENAPRU Federación Nacional de Asociaciones Gremiales de Agua Potable Rural 2iE International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering GA General Assembly GEG Gender Equity Gauge GEWAMED Gender and Water in the Mediterranean Region GPPN Global Public Policy Network on Water Management GWA Gender and Water Alliance GWP Global Water Partnership IDRC International Development Research Centre (Canada) IEW Institute of the Environment and Water (Kenya) IFESNET Africa Initiative for Environment sustainable Network (Nigeria) IHE-UNESCO Institute for Water Education IMTA Mexican Institute of Water Technology IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre IYS International Year of Sanitation IWRM Integrated Water Resource Management KIST Kigali Institute of Science and Technology LVWATSAN Lake Victoria Regional Water and Sanitation Initiative MDG Millenium Development Goals MoU Memory of Understanding MRC Mekong River Basin Committee MFS Medefinancierings Stelsel (Co-financing system) OUL Observatorio Urbano Local (part of the Caribbean University, (Cancun, Mexico) PAO Public Aid Organisation (Iraq) PAVE Pan African Vision for the Environment PAWD Programme for African Water Development PNUD Program of the Nations United for Development UNDP PO Programme Officer RAIN Rainwater Harvesting Implementation Network RFP Regional Focal Point RG Resource Guide RGEMA Network Gender and Environment RSP Regional Strategic Plan RSPW Regional Strategic Planning Workshop RWH Rainwater Harvesting SC Steering Committee SEGIB Secretaía General Iberoamericano (Ibero-American General Secretariat) SER Servicios para el dessarollo SEMARNAT Direction of Gender Equity of the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources SIWI Stockholm International Water Institute SNV Netherlands Development Organisation SPO Senior Programme Officer SuSanA Sustainable Sanitation Alliance TI Transparency International TISS Tata Institute for Social Sciences TMF Thematische Medefinancierings Fonds (Thematic Co-financing Fund) ToR Terms of Reference ToT Training of Trainers UNEP United Nations Environment Programme WAC Water for African Cities WA-NET West Africa Capacity Building Network WAsC Water for Asian Cities WECF Women in Europe for a Common Future WfWP Women for Water Partnership WIN Water Integrity Network WSSCC Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council WUR Wageningen University and Research WWC World Water Council WWW World Water Week in Stockholm
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1. Introduction
December 2010 brings GWA to an end of the funding by DGIS, the Netherlands and one
year funding by AECID, Spain. This is an important point in time to look back at five years
and to look ahead at the future for which no subsidies have been secured yet, but contract
work with partner organisations continue and are newly developed. A cutback of the staff of
the Secretariat was inevitable under the new circumstances. The 11 persons with together 9
fte have been reduced to 3.1 fte for 6 persons by 31 December 2010. Formal procedures
were followed to get permission of the government, as obligatory by labour laws in the
Netherlands.
Internationally GWA participated intensively in the Stockholm World Water Week, with the
active involvement in the launching of the AMCOW Gender Strategy, and the meetings with
many members, partners and donor organisations.
New proposals and applications were developed, some directed at national donors,
concentrating the proposal on the region and themes of their priority, whilst others are strictly
following the format of the opportunities and calls for proposals. Subjects depend on the
partners or on GWA’s own priority themes, such as capacity building related to climate
change, good governance, conflicts and disasters, food crisis and transparency. The
proposal with a Consortium in India for EU funding was approved. A number of requests for
GWA work reaches us, by different organisations. Before GWA contributed from the core
funding to many activities, now some other organisations don’t expect the services for free
anymore.
The argumentation GWA received from DGIS about the refusal of the MFS2 application Part
1 was contradicting in itself. Therefore an Objection Procedure was requested and granted,
giving GWA the opportunity to be heard. The biggest issue here was the GWA as existing
Thanks to the GWA members and the member organizations a lot of work could be done in 2010. The strength of a network and an alliance is in the contributions of the
members, and their willingness to share.
Many more activities than originally planned for the Phase II five years programme of
GWA were already implemented during 2006-2009. At the beginning of 2010 the
monitoring protocol “Monitoring op Maat” shows that of the 16 quantitative indicators all
are on track and 14 are more than complete. At the end of 2010 all are for more than
100% fulfilled.
The priorities in 2010 were directed at consolidation of the completed work, the
finalisation of pending work, the continuity of GWA, contacts with donors and proposals
for new programmes, at the AECID programme in Latin America, and the UN-Habitat
partnerships for Capacity Development in the Lake Victoria Region, in Asia and in Latin
America.
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alliance, versus the Ministry demanding the formation of new alliances of Dutch
organisations. The partners GWA had suggested from our member organisations, so
belonging to our alliance, were not accepted, not being Dutch. For GWA, who works with
international partners mainly from the South, a limitation to fusing with Dutch NGOs means
an unnecessary step back.
In 2009 the collection of evidence of 35% co-financing and contributions in cash and in kind
by partners, members and SC members over the years 2006-2008 yielded a lot of
information. This year for 2009 and 2010 the co-financing condition of 25% has been easily
met without any contributions in kind.
The Spanish AECID application was approved 6 months late, which made this a hectic year
in Latin America, having to finish a substantial programme within one year. A number of very
interesting activities with beautiful and useful outputs have been implemented, some of which
is or will be translated into English, because of their relevance worldwide. Completion of all
but one of the activities took place just before the end of the year.
In three continents capacity development work with UN-Habitat is ongoing successfully, with
GWA members and other partners. Training material, methodologies, reports, case studies,
knowledge management papers and documentation result from the shared work. Extension
of the work is expected to begin with for 2011 in 15 new towns in 5 countries of the Lake
Victoria Basin.
The outcome of GWA’s work is reported to be mostly positive, in a qualitative way.
Quantitative monitoring information is collected for the Monitoring op Maat protocol in 16
indicators. After GWA’s 10 years active existence the longer term impact of increasing
attention for gender relations in water management can be claimed by the GWA network. We
see improvement and more awareness related to gender and empowerment in natural
Output of the AECID funded activities in Latin America
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resources, and we also see that there are no other global organisations like the Gender and
Water Alliance. There are hardly gender-and-water resources at a large scale apart from the
GWA material. Many reports, manuals, modules, papers, methodologies, etc., are available
for everyone in many languages on the GWA website.
The Steering Committee was reduced in size. After two long terms, the Chairperson of 2004-
2007 Ethne Davey, left the Steering Committee. We owe a lot to her vision and inputs in
dynamic years. Also Maria Angelica Alegria left the board after being a valuable member of
the SC for a long time, especially important for Latin America and the Caribbean. Dr. Kuntala
Lahiri-Dutt completed her term as member of the Steering Committee. Also her work has
been very much appreciated, and she will continue to be active especially in the Pacific and
the Bangla language region. For administrative and legal reasons GWA always has one SC
member in the Netherlands, who masters the Dutch language. Catharien Terwisscha van
Scheltinga left for Bangladesh, and she had to be replaced. We thank her very much for
doing her work in the SC with a lot of expertise, responsibility and quality. We found the
second in line during the latest elections, Jan Reynders, prepared and willing to take her
place. We welcome him to this important position.
The network and the number of members continue to be slowly increasing. A solution to
organise a digital general assembly is looked for. GWA members are often invited to speak
at regional and international water events, where many are considered as gender and water
experts.
Capacity building remains at the core of GWA’s activities and approaches to improve the
social aspects of water management.
The continuity of GWA is guaranteed by our enthusiastic members, by useful methodologies, by
lots of demand of organisations, amongst them those, who are intending to pay for our high
quality services.
The compilation of a catalogue in which GWA’s services are offered, is in progress.
GWA works for sustainability of water management and proves to be a sustainable organisation
itself, as was aimed for from the beginning in 2000.
Follow-up workshop in Lao PDR in GWA - UN-Habitat programme MEKWATSAN
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2. Five Outputs, the outcome and impact 2.1. Output 1: Network of GWA and regionalisation The network
At the end of 2010 the number of members is 1976, of which 45% are men and 55% are
women, which shows that GWA is not a women’s organisation, and the interest of men
worldwide in the sector is addressed. A membership report is included as ANNEX I.
Not only does the membership increase, the contact with members continues to become
more efficient. The staff in the Secretariat knows many members in person from training
courses, events and from other communication, which enables effective networking. Often
requests are received at the Secretariat from various international organisations for GWA
members from a particular region with specific expertise to do a certain task. GWA managed
to deliver these services paid from donor’s core-funding. Via the listserve and also directly
per e-mail members are given information, and also asked for feedback.
Organisations
Individualmembers
women
men
The GWA brochure and other material (in the different languages) is handed out at all
occasions and events. A lot of material has been sent by post to GWA members who
represent GWA in various events and for training courses.
Members and partner organisations sent their draft papers and documents, for the GWA to
advise on the contents from a gender perspective. This is all service delivery without
remuneration, for which GWA spends time paid from the core-funding. Examples in 2010
are:
AIT-COCOON Asian Institute for Technology AMCOW African Ministerial Committee of Water CAP-NET Network for Capacity Building in Water and Sanitation CIDIN (The Netherlands Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen) CINARA End Water Poverty FAO Food and Agricultural Organisation GEWAMED Gender and Water in the Mediterranean Region GGCA Global Gender and Climate Alliance (in UNDP, in UNEP and in WEDO) GPPN Global Public Policy Network GWP Global Water Partnership Government of Bolivia Government of Brazil Government of Mexico IDRC-Wadi mena
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IUCN NCDO: The Millennium Battle NWP Stakeholders Forum SuSanA Sustainable Sanitation Alliance UNDP Water Governance Programme UNESCO-IHE (Urban Sanitation Policy note for DGIS) UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UN-G&WTF United Nations Gender and Water Task Force UN-Habitat Gender Unit UN-WATER WASTE Water and Environment Centre, University of Sana’a, Yemen WEDO Women’s Environment & Development Organization WIN Water Integrity Network World Bank WWAP World water Assessment Programme (for World water Development Report) WWC World Water Council
Various documents, case studies and letters were translated in the five languages, some in
house, and some by external translators.
This year there have been national members meetings in Jordan, Lao PDR, Nepal,
Nicaragua, Sudan, and Ecuador.
A letter was sent to the members, explaining the financial situation with lower funding than
before, encouraging the search for funding locally and regionally.
Regionalisation
Currently GWA has two Regional Focal Points in place: Mrs Ninon Machado for Lusophonia
and to Annabell Waititu for Eastern Africa. The GWA Country Facilitators, who were currently
still appointed in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Nepal, are involved in various activities. This
results in a better motivation in these countries, and more impact in engendering the national
water policies.
GWA members meeting in Jordan
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In 2011 formalisation of regionalisation in Eastern Africa, South Asia and Latin America and
the Caribbean will continue to take shape.
Some of the activities in the regions are mentioned here briefly.
Latin America and the Caribbean
- Training of Trainers (TOT) Course on Gender and Integrated Water Resources in
Nicaragua.
- Gender Ambassador training on Gender and Policy Influencing in the water sector in
Ecuador.
- Completion of study on Gender and Cultural Diversity in Public Policies for Irrigation
in Bolivia.
- Development of a Guide on Operationalising Gender Mainstreaming in the WASH
sector, based on the DESCOM work in Bolivia
- Innovative Research for Policy Recomendations on Climate Change Adaptation from
a Gender Perspective in Mexico.
- Innovative research about gender, conflicts and corruption in the management and
supply of drinking water in the rural area in Paraguay.
- Development of (didactic) materials for and Awareness Raising on Environmental
Conservation & Education from a Gender Perspective in Bolivia.
- Public Budgets from a Gender Equity Perspective: Sensitisation and development of
methodological guidelines for the WASH sector in Bolivia
- Review of different national water policies and experiences on policy influencing
processes for inclusion of a gender perspective in water policies of countries in the
region. Based on these experiences the development of an Interactive Tool
(http://www.gwa-lac.org) with training and other reference materials for gender
advocates.
- Gender Mainstreaming in the Water and Sanitation for Cities in Latin America and the
Caribbean Programme (“WATSAN-LAC”) of UN-Habitat and partners: workshops in
Bolivia, Ecuador and Mexico; and gender mission in Nicaragua.
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Arab region
- Training Tangier Morocco Sub-Regional Training Course Mainstreaming Gender in
Water Management in selected Maghreb countries: Experiences and Challenges,
GEWAMED
- Conference on Integration of Gender Dimensions in Water management, Amman,
Jordan
- Adapting the Iraq GWA Strategic Plan
South Asia:
- Resource Guide in Hindi, Bangla and Urdu
- Nepal Follow-up workshop to ToT in Water for Asian Cities programme
- Nepal GWET Academic Training Workshop with SaciWATERS
- Training GM in WATSAN in Kerala, India, for Arghyam and SEUF
- Gender Equity Gauge with Soppecom. Reports about different impact of access to
water and sanitation resources for different categories of people in India and Nepal
were completed.
West and Central Francophone Africa
- Intern from Chad
- AMCOW Gender Strategy
- Translating and producing the Travelling Exhibit in Fulani cum French.
One of the children’s drawings of Benin campaign in schools to raise awareness about sanitation and health.
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Southern Africa
- AMCOW Gender Strategy
- In Zambia GWA was approached informally by the Ministry of Water for capacity
building of staff, which is still pending.
Anglophone West Africa:
- Preparation Training staff and Partner NGOs Oxfam in Sierra Leone
- Preparation of proposal for Gender and Climate Change in Delta State of Nigeria
Eastern Africa
- Proposal Climate Change, Adaptation and Gender in the Mau Forest
- Intern from Ethiopia
- Contribution to the AMCOW Gender Strategy
- Gender-and-water inventory of Kenya and Uganda
- GWA in Kenya is participating the Inter-agency Coordinating Committee on water and Sanitation (under the Ministry of Public Health) and is also participating in the Monitoring of the implementation of the Africasan Commitments under the same Ministry.
- GWA Kenya has been lobbying with the Ministry of Environment to mainstream gender in the climate change discussions. Has provided a number of proposals to gender and climate for possible integration by the Ministry and other stakeholders in the sector.
- Eastern Africa Regional Focal Point (EA RFP) represented GWA in the UNESCO women Conference held in Paris as a guest speaker on women, water and sustainable development in eastern Africa.
- EA RFP represented GWA in the Africa Water Week in South Africa and made a presentation on gender, water and climate change
- EA RFP presented during the ANEW national workshop on the right to water in Kenya the right of women to water and sanitation and key issues of gender concern.
Wall painting for awareness in Benin
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- EA RFP represented GWA in the UNEP governing council meeting that was held at the UNEP headquarters.
- EA RFP participates in the monthly gender sector working group being hosted by UN Women (previously UNIFEM) and World Bank.
- EA RFP organised an exhibition during a national household water quality organised by the Ministry of Public Health.
- Mainstreaming of gender in the Kenya National Water and Environment policy
- Many capacity building activities in the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Initiative of
UN-Habitat, in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.
- Traveling Exhibit in Kiswahili and Luganda
- Preparation of Proposal for Study with Water Service Regulatory Board on Gender,
Water and Conflicts and in the process of collecting data for a national case study.
- GWA-Kenya brochure developed, printed and disseminated.
- GWA country Facilitator Uganda is invited to participate in the opening ceremony of
ToT of CIANEA Community Based Impact Assessment Network Eastern Africa, in
which GWA manual and modules were used.
- GWA country Facilitator Uganda is invited to participate in the meeting to discuss the
Gender strategy of the Ministry of Water and Environment.
- She was invited by the government to take part in the Joint Sector Review for Water.
Southeast Asia and the Pacific
- Gender Mainstreaming in the Water for Asian Cities and Mekong River Basin
Programme of UN-Habitat and partners: workshops in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and
Nepal.
- Gender Scan Methodology for Water Utilities developed with ECO-Asia co-funding.
Lusophone countries
- Ziraldo booklets in various languages in high demand
- Travelling Exhibit in Portuguese was produced for the African Lusophone countries.
- The Regional Focal Point represented GWA in the UN-Habitat World Urban Forum V.
- The longest Toilet Queue was organised by the RFP at the World Urban Forum on 22
March.
Water from an open source: male water vendors with bikes take and sell the water to the customers, whilst before
school girls fetch water for their homes.
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Daniela Nogueira, PHD in Sociology and member of the GWA, represented the
Alliance in her presentation in the workshop meeting prior to the Urban Forum which
had as the main focus gender and urbanization.
- Brazilian GWA member and trainee Jaime Bastos represented GWA in the Kick-off
meeting of 6WWF in Marseille(June 2010).
- In Cape Verde, in a workshop together with Cap-Net, the RELUSA (Portuguese
speaking Network for Capacity Building in Integrated Water Resources
Management) was formalised. (July 2010)
- The RFP was invited in the 4th Urban International Seminar on Environmental
Planning and Management (October 2010) where she spoke about the gender
perspective in the urban environment particularly about the role of GWA and its
achievements in relation to gender and sanitation and gender and natural disaster.
- in the context of the 100 years of celebration of the Women´s International Day GWA
was represented by Instituto Ipanema in the workshop on Gender and Water
Relations in Serra Talhada, in the Northeast of Brazil.
GWA Websites and list-serves
The GWA website (www.genderandwater.org) is still managed in five languages. The
different geographical regions now have a clearer field of their own. See ANNEX II for
statistics of all GWA websites for 2010 as well as compared to the previous years. The list-
serves in three languages are managed from the Secretariat.
A total of 13 TOT reports were abridged and edited for publication on the website.
On a regular basis e-mails correspondence takes place with GWA members in the various
regions to inform them about certain articles, website links, to follow up on articles or
photographs being provided by them and to give them specific and/or additional information
related to Gender and Water training courses, conferences etc.
The website is being renewed, both technically with refined software and qua design. The
user-friendliness and low resolution remain important criteria, especially for members with
dial-up and/or expensive connections.
The longest toilet queue
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Steering Committee meeting
The 16th SC meeting was held in Dieren in November. GWA’s future possibilities including
the formalisation of regional branches were discussed. The outcome of the workshop by the
staff about the future was included.
2.2. Output 2: Knowledge and Information In 2010 the emphasis was on consolidating existing information next to the production of new
knowledge sources. The CD-rom of the Resource Guide for mainstreaming gender in water
management, in 8 languages has been multiplied again, to be handed out.
Not all envisaged studies, fact sheets and case studies could be included in the budget,
which left some of them shelved.
New material is about the alternative time use of women, once they have better access to
water, saving their time. This was produced with the contribution of the intern from Ethiopia
who studies in Sweden.
In Latin America a Spanish language brochure on the operationalisation of Gender
Mainstreaming in the WASH sector is developed, based on the DESCOM work in Bolivia.
This guide is included in the Interactive Tool (http://www.gwa-lac.org) as one of the reference
and promotion materials of advocacy and policy influencing in the water-related sector.
The Gender Scan methodology for water utilities in South East Asia was completed in 2010,
with important inputs from the intern from Chad, studying in Sweden. The activity was partly
paid by ECO-Asia (USAID funded). The methodology was presented in Thailand and in the
Philippines, were various water utilities were keen to test it. This will take place in 2011. Also
utilities in other parts of the world show keen interest.
Rain water harvesting tank for widows in Kyotera, Uganda
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GWA produced the FAO Pocket Guide for Gender Mainstreaming in Water in Agriculture, a
handy booklet with important questions and answers for water engineers. This is important
especially in these times of food crisis.
Innovative research was implemented in two countries: Gender, conflicts and corruption in
the management and supply of drinking water in rural areas in Paraguay ; and Gender,
Water and Climate Change in Mexico .
Other plans were not budgeted.
The Ziraldo cartoon booklets are still in high demand. The English and French versions have
been transformed into .pdf files, for easy printing all over the world.
Member organisations reported translations into Amharic, Bahasa Indonesia, Uzbek, Tadjik,
Russian, Lingala and Kiswahili.
GWA contributed to three of the four editions of the paper version of the Source bulletin in
three languages.
As listed above, GWA continues to influence international organisations, attempting to
mainstream gender in their work and supporting them with concrete contributions and
suggestions. UNEP’s Stakeholders meeting are participated in, usually by the GWA RFP in
Kenya.
For a number of countries Gender and Water Inventories have been produced. In 2010 those
for Kenya, Mali and various Latin American countries were completed.
2.3 Output 3: Capacity Building Various Capacity Building: Apart from various Capacity Building activities, preparations, modules, etc, the following table
shows the actual training workshops that were carried out.
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2010 Training workshops
dates
Place, country
Title
Host organisation
# trainees female
# trainees male
Contributions by other organisations
GWA courses
1-6 March Managua,
Nicaragua ToT CATIE 17 5 AECID, CATIE
and UN-Habitat
22-24 September
Nepal Follow-up Workshop Gender Mainstreaming in WATSAN
UN-Habitat 20 5 UN-Habitat
18-20 Oct Lao Follow-up Workshop Gender Mainstreaming in WATSAN
UN-Habitat 9 25 UN-Habitat
15-17 Nov Cambodia Follow-up Workshop Gender Mainstreaming in WATSAN
UN-Habitat 13 27 UN-Habitat
10-12 Nov Vietnam Follow-up Workshop Gender Mainstreaming in WATSAN
UN-Habitat 16 29 UN-Habitat
23-27 Aug Kenya ToT LVWATSAN Trainers of the Local Capacity Building Organisation NETWAS
Partners Consortium: UNESCO-IHE, FCM, SNV, GWA
4 17 UN-Habitat
15-19 Nov Quito, Ecuador Gender Ambassador Training
GWA member independent consultant
11 1 AECID
23-25 June Cochabamba,Bolivia
First Workshop Gender Mainstreaming in WATSAN
UN-Habitat 8 3 UN-Habitat
2-4 August Quito, Ecuador First Workshop Gender Mainstreaming in WATSAN
UN-Habitat 18 7 UN-Habitat
8-10 Nov Cancun, Mexico
First Workshop Gender Mainstreaming in WATSAN
UN-Habitat and OUL
22 4 UN-Habitat and OUL
18 Dec 2009
Kerala, India Gender Mainstreaming in Water and Sanitation
Arghyam 10 9 Arghyam and SEUF
Courses with GWA contributions
22-24 Sep Kampala, Uganda
Gender Mainstreaming in the Environmental Sector GWA Facilitator Uganda and GWA Manual
Community Based Impact Assessment Network Eastern Africa
8 9 CIANEU (U)
GWA trainers and financial contribution
14-18 June Kathmandu, Nepal
Academic Training Workshop: Fifth Gender Water Equity Training Workshop (GWET)
Nepal Engineering College
16 14 SaciWATERS CAP-NET SOPPECOM UNDP, WSSCC, UN-Habitat
GWA facilitator, manual and programme
21-25 June Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Regional Training Course on Gender and Gender Responsive Budgeting in IWRM
University of Dar es Salaam and WATERNET
9 14 University of Dar es Salaam and WATERNET
Gender and Water Trainer in French
Morocco, Tangier 18-21 Oct
Sub-Regional Training Course Mainstreaming Gender in Water Management in selected Maghreb countries: Experiences and Challenges
CAFRAD 12 9 GEWAMED
Total
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193
178
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Training material
The work on the renewal of the Training of Trainers Manual for gender mainstreaming in
Water management is continuing and progressing.
The training module on Gender and Waste was finalised and is now ready for use.
This Training module was translated into Spanish and adapted to the Latin American Region.
Capacity Building in UN-Habitat Partnership
In each town of the LVWATSAN programme maps are produced with actors, issues, relations between the actors, cases, examples, etc. These maps are used to make inventories of capacity building needs and develop the training plans.
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The LVWATSAN Programme in the Lake Victoria Basin:
In 2010 within this cooperation the local GWA trainers together with the Secretariat and the
Regional Focal Point in Nairobi, who also is the coordinator for this programme, have
implemented a considerable amount of capacity building of the Local and Regional Capacity
Building Institutes:
The town inquiries in the inception phase in Kenya and Uganda were completed, and
new original information was gathered.
Needs assessment of the LCB’s: training of trainers needs were inventorised per person.
Capacity building material of the LCB’s was prepared.
Training material was prepared for the LCB’s to use in the field for different target groups.
ToT of the LCB’s trainers, tailor made to their individual needs.
Coaching of LCB’s in the field, after their first round of training.
Rapid Gender and Vulnerability assessments in all participating towns have been
produced.
A second round of inquiry visits started in 2010, and will continue in 2011. The impact on
the ground is monitored and lessons learnt are applied in the adapted training material.
So far the Training about and for gender and vulnerable groups has been assessed very
positive.
The Water for Asian Cities Programme and Mekong WATSAN Programme
- After the first round of workshop at the end of 2009, the biggest part of 2010 was used by
the participants to implement the action plans to mainstream gender at their workplace.
- During this implementation period they were offered coaching by GWA.
- In Nepal all interested participants were visited at their workplace by the GWA trainers for
individual, tailor-made mentoring.
- In Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao PDR, coaching was done by UN-Habitat personnel with
backstopping of the international trainer of GWA.
Visit to the Rapar Women’s Group in Homa Bay, Kenya. The group manages a water kiosk, but because many other taps have been installed nearby, it is difficult for the group to earn enough to repay the loan.
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- In the last quarter of 2010 a follow-up workshop was organised in every country for
participants to share their experiences with their colleagues. This enabled them to learn
from each other and make adjustments to their individual action plans to enhance the
possibility for success.
Water and Sanitation for Cities of Latin America and Caribbean
- As a first activity in this process a Trainers of Trainers (TOT) workshop on Gender and
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) with a specific focus on the WATSAN-
LAC Programme was held in Nicaragua. Participants were mainly the GWA Facilitators
(gender-training experts) of the countries involved in the partnership, Bolivia, Ecuador,
Mexico and Nicaragua, as also UN-Habitat focal points of these countries.
Workshop in Laos
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- First country level workshops were organized in Bolivia, Ecuador and Mexico, where
participants developed their Action Plans to mainstream gender at their working place.
Follow-up on the implementation of these action plans as also coaching is done by the
GWA Facilitators in these countries. Some mid-term follow-up workshops have been
organized in coordination with UN-Habitat personnel. Regretfully the workshop could not
be held in Nicaragua.
- The second series of country-level workshops for the evaluation of the implementation
and adjustments of the Action Plans are planned for 2011.
2.4 Output 4: National Water-related policies
Various Advocacy Activities
For different promising partnerships, proposals and concept notes have been prepared.
These have been sent out for funding.
In the South Asian region the first part of the Gender Equity Gauge for India and Nepal was
completed. Reports have been published with a methodology of assessing the access to
water and sanitation of different categories of users. The Gauge will provide a means of
comparison between countries and will generate data on the actual change in the field after
policy change. GWA members have been advisors and facilitators. Soppecom did the overall
coordination.
Since 2008 GWA has an important advisory role in developing the gender mainstreaming
policy for and with AMCOW (African Ministers’ Council on Water). As a result of the process
GWA assisted in the drafting of a gender strategy for AMCOW. This Strategy was revised in
2010 and launched globally in the Stockholm World Water Week, were the GWA ED was
one of the speakers. GWA will continue to collaborate and contribute to the AMCOW Gender
Strategy.
Within the partnership with UNEP there is ample opportunity to influence water policies at
different levels, as many documents are received for review and comments. GWA spends
time of the Secretariat and of members for this. This year UNEP asked a Quadrennial Report
of the accredited NGOs, which was prepared. This report shows the massive work GWA with
her members and partners has carried out over the years.
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In 2009 FAO has evaluated its role and work in water. GWA provided a member of the
expert panel that was to comment on the ToR as well as on the final draft of the report. The
panel gave great importance to the conclusions on (the lack of) gender mainstreaming by
FAO in the water sector.
In the evaluation of FAO of its work and role on gender and development, GWA and FAO
have entered an agreement where GWA provides specific technical expertise. GWA makes
available the members of the network if needed and is responsible for the quality of the
report related to gender.
Mainstreaming gender in National Water Policies
Bolivia
Since 2007 GWA through its members is actively involved in different processes of
gender mainstreaming within the different Documents of the Social Policy of DESCOM
(Community Development) for the WASH sector in Bolivia, mainly collaborating or
supporting the Ministry of Water – Vice-Minister of Basic Services and in 2010 also the
Minister of Environment and Water.
Among others, GWA was responsible for gender mainstreaming within the process of
„Updating and Elaboration of the DESCOM Documents of the Social Strategy of the
Sector Sanitation‟. During this process a Guide for operationalising gender
mainstreaming in the water and sanitation sector‟ based on the experiences of GWA in
the process. This guide has been uploaded on the Interactive Tool: Advocacy for a
Gender Perspective in Water-related policies (http://www.gwa-lac.org), as reference
material and for dissemination purposes.
Girls fetching water from an open source in Uganda
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Furthermore in 2010 another activity has been implemented based on the social policy of
DESCOM, that had the aim to generate understanding of gender equity among
authorities and technical professionals from the Ministry of Water and Environment of
Bolivia by training them in the use of participatory planning and gender budgeting
methods for the achievement of gender equity. During this work an attractive document
with methodological guidelines for the formulation of gender budget for the WASH,
starting from its own analysis, has been developed.
Mexico
RGEMA together with IMTA, SEMARNAT, PNUD and GWA started in 2007 with the
implementation the project “Incorporating a Gender Equity Perspective in the Mexican
Water Policies”. This is a follow-up of the "Blue Agenda of Women" which is a strategy
the groups developed for 4th WWF. The process of policy influencing is a very long
process, and still going on. Be it that sometimes strategies and target need to be re-
defined has it became clear that the whole process is a much longer and much more
complicated process than initially expected. It encounters resistance at the highest levels
of decision making in the most important national water institution. With a follow-up
project since 2009 titled School of Gender and Water, they are trying to form and
integrate a network of women and men to become local (community) trainers on gender
and water, working at the level of planning, organisation until management and public
policy advocacy in three levels of government (municipal, state and federal).
Regional level LAC
During the last year and also during the training workshop for Gender Ambassadors in
Ecuador an intensive inventory took place on experiences with policy influencing in
water-related sectors in the region. All relevant materials are included, and will continue
be included in the future, in the new developed Interactive Tool (toolbox) on
http://www.gwa-lac.org, in order to be available for organized by topic, quick and easy
accessible, making available for all GWA members, as well as those interested in the
subject and in the water sector.
Kenya
- Participating the Inter-agency Coordinating Committee on water and Sanitation (under
the Ministry of Public Health ) and in the Monitoring of the implementation of the
Africasan Commitments under the same Ministry.
- Influencing the Ministry of Environment to mainstream gender in the climate change
discussions.
- Presentation during the ANEW national workshop on the right to water in Kenya the right
of women to water and sanitation and key issues of gender concern.
- Contributing to the monthly Gender Sector Working Group hosted by UN Women
(previously UNIFEM) and World Bank.
- Organising exhibition during National Household Water Quality Conference organised by
the Ministry of Public Health.
Africa:
- Contribution to the AMCOW Gender Strategy, which was launched in Stockholm World
Water Week.
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- EA RFP represented GWA in the Africa Water Week in South Africa and made a
presentation on gender, water and climate change
Regional Level Eastern Africa:
- Speak in the UNESCO women Conference held in Paris as a guest speaker on women,
water and sustainable development in Eastern Africa.
Uganda:
- The Gender Strategy 2009-2014 of the Ministry of Water and Environment was supported
by the GWA-Uganda Facilitator, who participated in two Sector Review workshops in
October.
- Invited by the government to take part in the Joint Sector Review for Water.
2.5 Output 5: International events
Own events:
- Conference on Integration of Gender Dimensions in Water management, Amman,
Jordan, March 21-26. of GEWAMED, the University of Jordan, MAIB and GWA. The
Secretariat and a number of GWA members are invited to speak in each session.
- EA RFP represented GWA in the UNEP governing council meeting that was held at
the UNEP headquarters.
2.5.1 Steering Committee activities and international travel
Chairperson Eva Rathgeber:
The focus in 2010 has been on finding funding, writing strategic documents and
commenting on proposals. A concept note for e-learning for a UNEP partnership was
prepared. Various documents were reviewed and changes suggested. Three events
were participated in:
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- World Water Council meeting in Marseilles: presentation of Gender and
Climate Change
- Stockholm World Water Week, in which inputs for the final statement were
given, which turned out very gender sensitive for the first time
- Meeting of International Water Association in Montreal, as resource person.
Other meetings and activities:
- Korea, presentation about the MDGs and two-hour press interview
- Nairobi, World Bank video conference Gender and Climat5e Change
- UNEP Gender Focal Point in Nairobi
- New York: Director General of UNIDO
- New York: Policy Advisor to the Gender Team of UNDP.
SC member Hycinth Banseka
Provided valuable suggestions for management and administration, as well as for
fundraising and the formalisation of regional branches of GWA.
SC member Catharien Terwisscha van Scheltinga
- Contributed to the 2010 e-discussion on Women and Poverty of the UNDP Gender
Team, for GWA.
- Support to Partners voor Water proposal
- Financial Committee, keeping track of budgeting, expenditure and planning.
- Participating in Hearing for MFS2.
SC member Jan Reynders
Joined the Steering Committee towards the end of 2010, as statuary obligation to
include a Dutch-speaking SC member. He provided useful information regarding the
formalisation of regional branches of GWA. GWA needs to approach business for
funding possibilities.
SC member Meena Bilgi
Implemented:
- Training workshop GM in WATSAN in Kerala, India, with Arghyam and SEUF
Attended:
- Water Links Conference in Bangkok as representative of GWA
- Gender Equity Gauge Workshop in Pune
- UNFCC meeting in Bangkok
- Workshop of Soppecom for the GWA Gender Equity Gauge
- Various water meetings in India are attended, to represent GWA
- Contributes to the preparation of the EU funded programme with the VRUTTI
Consortium.
SC member Shaima Aly:
Hands out various GWA material. She has represented GWA in a meeting of the
Friedrich Eberhardt Stiftung.
2.5.2 Staff Secretariat activities and travel
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Executive Director Joke Muylwijk:
- Speaker at International Parliamentary Conference on Climate Change: Global to
Local: Climate Change Post Copenhagen, in London for the Commonwealth
Parliamentary Association. 12-16 July. A paper was written: Gender, Water and
Climate Change, London.
- Invited as speaker by UN-HABITAT Gender mainstreaming Unit for the Gender
Equality Action Assembly in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on the theme: Bridging the
Gender Divide in Cities. This invitation was handed over to Daniela Nogueira, GWA
expert from Brazil.
- Speaker and panelist at Milennium Battle Deepening Meeting with Dutch students,
Utrecht, the Netherlands, Dec 2009 – Jan 2010
- Organisor, Speaker and panelist in the Conference on Integration of Gender
Dimensions in Water management, Amman, Jordan, March 21-26. of GEWAMED,
the University of Jordan, MAIB and GWA.
- 26/1 – 9/2 LVWATSAN Inquiries in towns in Uganda
- 26/2 - 15/3 LVWATSAN Inquiries in towns in Kenya and Tanzania
Deputy Director Esther de Jong
- Jury of Milennium Battle, to Judge the contributions of Dutch students for ideas to
improve the water situation in developing countries.
- Annual Board Meeting of the World Water Council in Den Haag
- Preparation of research proposal on gender and hydro-powerdams in Mekong region
(Cocoon-proposal)
- Member of expert panel on the FAO evaluation of its role and work in water
- World Water Week in Stockholm
- Organiser and facilitator at Follow-up workshop on gender mainstreaming in WatSAn
in Nepal
- Organiser and facilitator at follow-up workshop on gender mainstreaming in WatSAn
in Lao PDR
Manila, Philippines
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- Speaker in panel of the ADB conference “Water: crisis and choices” in Manila, The
Philippines
- Member of the evaluation team of FAOs work and role in gender and development
- Contribution to the vision of the Netherlands Water Partnership from a gender
perspective
- Participant in the IWE seminar at Wageningen University: Making Water Knowledge
Work: Irrigation and Water Engineering Group
SPO Chrisje van Schoot:
- Consultancy on Customers Relation Services and Gender Mainstreaming to the
MWETA 1 project Institutional Support to Six Water Utilities in Yemen.
SPO Christine Verheijden:
- Organiser and facilitator of the TOT workshop in Managua, Nicaragua
- Member of gender mission in Nicaragua under Collaborative Agreement UN-Habitat –
GWA
- Co-facilitator of first country workshop on gender mainstreaming in WATSAN in
Mexico
- Organiser and facilitator of the Capacity Building workshop on Gender and Policy
Influencing for the formation of Gender Ambassadors.
- Participant in the NICHE Gender Seminar for Dutch organisations, organised by
Nuffic
- Participant in the IWE seminar at Wageningen University: Making Water Knowledge
Work: Irrigation and Water Engineering Group
PO: Charles Dieme:
- 2010 NVAS Conference “Africa for Sale”:
Analysing and Theorizing Foreign Land
Claims and Acquisitions. Participation
together with Intern Readeat from Ethiopia.
PO Behar Ali:
- Participated and co-organised the
GEWAMED Conference on Integration of
Gender Dimensions in Water management,
Amman March 21-26, of GEWAMED, the
University of Jordan, MAIB and GWA.
Travelling exhibition with IW-Learn
- The East African version was produced and translated into Luganda (for Uganda) and
Kiswahili. It was printed for each of the LVWATSAN towns (10 sets), to be shown
during the Training sessions for Gender and Vulnerable Groups and WATSAN.
The GWA Traveling Exhibit in English and Hindi on show in Canberra for a GEF meeting. GWA member Susan Bazilli (Canada) together with the Deputy Minister of Water and Environment of South Africa, Mrs Rejoice Mbudafhasi.
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- GEF meeting in Canberra, Australia.
- The English cum Luganda version was at display in the Ministry of Water and
Environment in Kampala.
- India: at show with training with SEUF in Kerala.
- A French/Fulani (Pular) version of the exhibit was developed in Guinee Conakry, and
sent to a GWA member in Guinee Bissau for display in the Fulani spoken region.
Other events
- At the ADB partners conference “Water: crisis and choices”, in Manilla, The
Philippines, the Deputy Director made a panel contribution on the developed
methodology for a Gender Scan for water utilities.
- UNESCO, Paris, 25-26 Nov, Une Conférence Internationale: Femmes, eau et
Developpement en Afrique. The RFP from Eastern Africa was speaker in this
conference.
3 Donor relations
New funding is looked for to make GWA’s future after 2011 more feasible. Next to funding of
activities, core financing for the organisation is helpful for a secretariat to look after
accountability and to guard the quality of the GWA work. The financial crisis works worldwide
in the disadvantage of development organisations. Most donors cut back drastically in total
amounts and in number of NGOs they will support. The GWA team met various donors in the
Stockholm Water Week, to discuss their priorities and needs, and the options for GWA:
options for collaboration, for GWA’s support to the donor’s policies, and options for financing.
DGIS
- Data for Monitoring op Maat 2009 have been collected. The matrix shows that most
indicators have already been fulfilled for the five years. After sending it to DGIS, no
questions were received.
- The Minister Bert Koenders wrote a letter of appreciation to GWA at the occasion of his
departure.
- Currently Monitoring op Maat is prepared for 2010, which completes the picture of five
years.
The following reports have been sent to DGIS:
- Progress Report 2009;
- Financial Report 2009, and
- Audited Statement,
- Annual Plan 2010,
- GWA budget 2010,
- Liquidity forms,
- Monitoring op Maat 2009,
- Letter to ask approval for adaptations to the budget.
- Various letters to respond to many questions going back to 1 January 2006.
As response all requests were approved.
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The result of the application for MFS II was negative. The reasons why were not agrreeable
to GWA, and a hearing procedure was set into motion. This did not result in changes that
had an impact.
DFID
- The new development policies in the UK are under discussion and as in other
countries, the Government prefers to fund few NGOs, to save time, and preferably
those from the own country. Nevertheless, GWA as international NGO, and unique as
Gender and Water organisation, and with a positive history between DFID and GWA,
is still told to make a chance.
AECID
- A proposal, titled Water and Gender: Equal access and efficient management of
water and sanitation for the region Latin America and the Caribbean, was prepared
and submitted in 2009. The final approval of this proposal came in the beginning of
2010, and consequently a lot of interesting activities, such as training workshops,
innovative research and the development of training and reference materials among
others have been developed. Completion of the activities was in due time and final
reports are in development for presenting to AECID.
- New funding possibilities for the near future are discussed with AECID.
EU
- A proposal was prepared together with the University of Pisa and the Mediterranean
Agronomic Institute of Bari, (and various other institutes in Mediterranean countries)
about Women in Science, Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation.
- Together with IUCN Jordan a proposal was written and handed in: Water Scarcity,
Climate Change and Gender in the MENA countries.
- A third proposal was sent to EU-India together with a Consortium of four
organisations: People and Panchayat Led Equitable Water Governance Model for
Sustainable Economic Development.
Washing clothes in Bolivia
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NZAID
- A proposal for New Zealand Government Aid Programme NZAID was sent titled:
Gender, Water and Adaptation to Climate Change and Disasters in Asia and the
Pacific.
AUSAID - A proposal for the Mekong Water Resources Programme was handed in on request,
titled Gender in Trans-boundary Mekong River Management in a Changing Climate.
NWO
- A proposal for research on conflicts and cooperation around hydro-powerdam
construction in the Mekong region was handed in, together with a consortium with
AIT, Durham University and M-Power
See for a list of Proposals ANNEX III.
4 Partnerships
GWA is a member of:
- Netherlands Water Partnership NWP
- World Water Council
- WSSCC
- BPD: Building Partnerships for Development in Water and Sanitation
- CAP-NET
- GWP
- UN-Water
- PARTOS
- GWA is recognized by the Tax Agency as ANBI (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling).
This enables people in the Netherlands who give gifts to deduct them from their taxes.
The pages of GWA in the Dutch Yearbook for International Cooperation
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Some partnership activities have been described under headings above.
Other ones are listed here in alphabetical sequence:
AIT
BPD
Cap-Net
CIDIN
FAO
GGCA
GWP
GEWAMED
IDRC
IRC
IW-Learn
MRC
PAO
RAIN
SIWI
SuSanA
TISS
UNDP
UNEP
UNESCO-IHE
UN-Habitat
WASTE
WaterAid
WIN
Women and
Gender Coalition
WECF
WfWP
WSSCC
WUR
5. The GWA Secretariat
Staff and division of work
On average over 2010 GWA Secretariat’s staff consisted of 6,2 f.t.e.
The 11 persons with together 9 fte which were working in the Secretariat in 2009, have been
reduced to 3.1 fte for 6 persons by 31 December 2010. Three colleagues left for reasons of
remigration, retirement and child care, and one had become superfluous. GWA’s first staff
member from 2005, apart from the ED, Alejandra Acosta, the financial manager, found a new
job and still remains for a few hours per week with GWA. For the other remaining staff the
number of paid working hours was lowered. Formal procedures were followed to get
permission of the government, as obligatory by labour laws in the Netherlands.
Per 31 December 2010 the Secretariat consists of the following functions, with a reduction of
5 fte and 4 colleagues compared to the end of 2009.
Function responsibility Percen
tage of
time
1 Executive Director JM Management, personnel (recruitment), Anglophone
West Africa, Eastern Africa, South Asia, , fund
raising, reporting, UN-Habitat, partnerships,
supervising staff
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2 Deputy Director EdJ Management Team, Southeast Asia and the
Pacific, Southern Africa, Source Bulletin, Travelling
Exhibit, websites
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3 Senior Programme
Officer
CV Latin America, Lusophonia, Integrity, Elections,
Monitoring op Maat, Recruitment
78
4 Programme Officer CD Francophone Africa 67
5 Financial and
Administrative
Officer
AA Supervision of Financial assistant, Financial reports
Human Resources, Office structure, Management
Team
14
6 Junior Programme
Officer and
MN Members’ database, post, Human Resources,
Office structure, Management Team
67
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Financial Assistant
7 Office cleaner ZHB Working environment 25
Total
3,84 f.t.e.
384%
Interns in 2010
1 Linda Machata from Chad and University of Gothenburg, Global
Studies
1
month
2 Readeat Adbib from Ethiopia and University of Gothenburg, Global
Studies
5
months
Contractual support from the regions consists of:
Function Initials
1 Regional Focal Point Ninon
Machado, Ipanema
Lusophonia Framework contract NM
2 Regional Focal Point Annabelle
Waititu and her team of IEW
Eastern Africa Framework contract AW
3 GWA Facilitator in Iraq Iraq Framework contract BA
4 GWA Facilitator and Trainer Margriet
Reinders, Ghana and Burkina Faso
Francophone Framework contract MR
For the Dutch Parliament an inventory was made of the salaries of the directors of
the DGIS funded NGOs, in which the GWA came out at the lower end of the scale.
Presentations were held for the staff regarding:
- From July to November 2010 an intern, Readeat Adbib from Ethiopia who studies in
Gothenborg, assisted the secretariat. He contributed with a paper on The alternative
time use of women when they have acquired water supply nearer to the house, and
the application of gender theory and methodology to empower ethnic minorities.
- Anita van der Laan, SNV, Value Planning for Results; Inclusive Business instead of
Corporate Responsibility.
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Other visitors:
- Armand from GWP, Benin
- Margriet Reinders from Burkina Faso, Ghana
- Seema Kulkarni, SOPPECOM, India
- Rehema Buvuma, GWA Uganda Country Facilitator
- Joanna Bezerra, Brazil
Courses attended by staff:
- E-course Water and Sanitation of UNESCO-IHE
- De Kunst van Beleidsbeïnvloeding, PARTOS.
Office
From October 2007 the office space has remained the same: 13 working stations. The
Municipality was visited to acquire information about other office facilities in the surroundings
of Dieren, but no low cost office space was available.
6. Elections for Steering Committee
In 2010 the Dutch seat of Ir. Catharien Terwisscha van Scheltinga was replaced by Jan
Reynders.
7. Finance
- The Tax Office came to check the accounts and methods of administration. All was
approved.
- The Annual plan 2010 and the budget for 2010 together with the proposed changes have
been approved.
- The Secretariat makes sure that no more money is spent as has been secured.
- This time there was no workshop with the Financial Committee, but issues were
discussed by telephone and in the SC meeting.
- The accountant wrote a letter addressed to the Steering Committee and an audited
statement with the Financial Report of 2009.
- A separate audit and letter of the accountant was required by the Government of the
Netherlands to ascertain the salary of the Executive Directors of all DGIS funded NGOs
was not higher than a set maximum norm. The GWA ED fits in the lowest paid 10
percent.
- A separate audit is made for the UN-Habitat contracts.
- For 2009 and 2010 the 25% condition of co-financing has been met by respectively 28
and 35%.
- The total income in 2010, including the amount due in 2011 as final instalment of DGIS
and the income of co-financing partners is € 907.008.
- The total expenditure in 2010 including the reservations for the closing phase was €
669.685.
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ANNEX I
1890 1976 Members
31-12-2010 121 Countries
Membership type Percentage Quantity
Individual 70% 1390
Organization 29% 578
Individual/Organization 1% 8
Membership report
Individual
70%
Organization
29%
Individual/Organizat
ion
1%
Sex Percentage Quantity
Female 55% 1088
Male 45% 888
Female
55%
Male
45%
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Membership report
Geographic region Percentage Quantity
Africa 40% 783
Asia and MENA region 32% 628
M-S America and Caribbean 15% 305
Europe 9% 172
North America 4% 71
Australia and Pacific 1% 17
Africa40%
Asia and MENA region
29%
M-S America and Caribbean
15%
Europe9%
North America3%
Australia and Pacific 1%
Membership report
Language Percentage Quantity
English 59% 1121
Portuguese 2% 41
French 19% 355
Arabic 6% 114
Spanish 14% 259
English59%
Portuguese2%
French19%
Arabic6%
Spanish14%
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Country, Top 15 / 31.12.2010 Percentage Quantity
India 10% 193
Cameroon 6% 111
Bangladesh 5% 104
Nigeria 4% 83
Kenya 3% 67
The Netherlands 3% 56
Nepal 3% 54
United States of America 2% 47
Sri Lanka 2% 46
Bolivia 2% 44
Pakistan 2% 44
Senegal 2% 43
Uganda 2% 40
Brazil 2% 39
Burkina Faso 2% 39
Other 49% 966
India; 10%
Cameroon; 6%
Bangladesh; 5%
Nigeria; 4%
Kenya; 3%
The Netherlands; 3%
Nepal; 3%
United States of
America; 2%Sri Lanka; 2%
Bolivia; 2%
Pakistan; 2%
Senegal; 2%Uganda; 2%
Brazil; 2%Burkina Faso; 2%
Other; 49%
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Membership report
Country, Top 15 / 31.12.2010 Percentage Quantity
India 10% 193
Cameroon 6% 111
Bangladesh 5% 104
Nigeria 4% 83
Kenya 3% 67
The Netherlands 3% 56
Nepal 3% 54
United States of America 2% 47
Sri Lanka 2% 46
Bolivia 2% 44
Pakistan 2% 44
Senegal 2% 43
Uganda 2% 40
Brazil 2% 39
Burkina Faso 2% 39
Other 49% 966
India; 10%
Cameroon; 6%
Bangladesh; 5%
Nigeria; 4%
Kenya; 3%
The Netherlands; 3%
Nepal; 3%
United States of
America; 2%Sri Lanka; 2%
Bolivia; 2%
Pakistan; 2%
Senegal; 2%Uganda; 2%
Brazil; 2%Burkina Faso; 2%
Other; 49%
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Membership report
1890 1976 Members
31-12-2010 121 Countries
2006 148 148
2007 410 410
2008 342 342
2009 434 434
2010 134 134
Increase of GWA Membership
148
410
342
434
134
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
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ANNEX II: OVERVIEW OF HITS AND VISITS TO GWA WEBSITE 2010
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ANNEX III PROPOSALS
1. Mainstreaming of gender, diversity and social relations in management of water for people, water for food and water for the environment, by knowledge management, capacity building and influencing policies. This is the main GWA Strategic Plan and elaborated application for DGIS MFS II.
2. Proposal for the Mekong Water Resources Programme to AusAID: Gender in Trans-boundary Mekong River Management in a Changing Climate.
3. Proposal Capacity Building Programme: Conflict, water and gender. For DFID Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Fund.
4. Women in science: Euro- Mediterranean Cooperation. Proposal for EU. 5. Establish and demonstrate a people and panchayat led equitable water governance
model for Sustainable Economic Development in three Agro-Ecological Zones of India. For EU-India.
6. Gender and sustainable management of mangroves in Cote d’Ivoire : A Gender approach to climate change adaptation and mitigation. For Fondation Ensemble.
7. Sustainable development of urban-rural local regions and the contested domains of water and hydropower development in Vietnam, Lao PDR and Thailand. For NUFFIC.
8. Gender, Water and Adaptation to Climate Change and Disasters in Asia and the
Pacific. For NZAID.
9. Knowledge Development and Capacity Building programme for mainstreaming
Gender and Diversity in Water in Agriculture in a Changing Climate in Bangladesh.
For Partners voor Water.
10. Proposal for collaboration in alliance with Connect International for MFS2: Capacity Building related to gender and vulnerable groups for the alliance.
11. Proposal Climate Change, Adaptation and Gender in the Mau Forest (GWA-Kenya)
Each of the regions has produced a Strategic Plan, including envisaged activities.